Monday, November 3, 2008

American Diabetes Month

November is American Diabetes Month, a time to bring even greater awareness and attention to the seriousness of diabetes, its complications, and the importance of proper diabetes control. The American Diabetes Association leverages opportunities both nationally and locally to raise awareness about diabetes and its serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and amputations.

Nationwide almost 23.6 million people have diabetes. While 17.9 million people have been diagnosed there are approximately 5.6 million people still undiagnosed. More than ever this disease is affecting minorities and children. Hispanic/Latino Americans are 1.8 times more likely to have diabetes while 1.6 times more African Americans are likely to have diabetes.

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I've been stitching for 25 years and I love it. I like all the new friends I've made both personally and online due to my love of stitching. It's wonderful to share that joy but "sharing" of cross stitch designs is a No-No. If you come across copyrighted designs on the internet and download them please know this is stealing. This hurts us all. How can a designer continue to create new designs and stay in business this way? If you find such a website please report it to the designer.